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Covenant and Congregational Vision

Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Tahlequah

Covenant: Love is the spirit of this congregation, and service to the universal family is its law. This is our great covenant: To dwell together in peace, to seek the truth in love, reason and understanding, and to help one another.

Child Care provided on Sundays from 10am to noon.

September in Tahlequah means Welcome Back

Sunday Service, September 5, 2010 ~ Rev. Jim Eller

Sept. 5 – Jim Eller - "Home Coming, Turning and Returning." I have always thought of Labor Day as the end of summer and the beginning of fall. School starts again, and for Tahlequah the Cherokee Nation is having their annual National Holiday, as many will travel from all over the country to be "home again." What does it mean to come home again, to our community and to ourselves?

10am - The adult forum downstairs Free coffee.

Every Monday - Tai Chi class, 5:30p main sanctuary

The Sunday breakfast fundraisers have been suspended for the summer months. Adult forum commences promptly at 10:00am. Fresh coffee and free friends await you.

Minister’s Office Hours: UUCT is pleased to share Rev. Doug Inhofe’s office hours:
My Wednesday office hours have changed. I will now be at the church two days a week, on both Tuesdays and Thursdays from 1-3 P.M. If you want to meet with me then, or if you know of someone who needs help or a visit, please give me a call or send me an email and let me know. Thanks!!!

September 12 ~ Water Communion

Rev. Doug Inhofe

Each year UUCT celebrates our return from all the places we have been with our family, though space, and in our hearts. We bring our own Water of Life to the Sunday service to share the things we have experienced and our reflections from life. Bring water from someplace special, or some will be available.

The C.A.R.E. Food Pantry continues to be a stable food source for Cherokee County residents. The $5,000 grant received from Wal-Mart is providing funds necessary to purchase the food items not furnished by the Tulsa Regional Food Bank. Individual people as well as businesses in our community are very generous with food donations as well as monetary support. Please call 458-5338 if you would like to donate.

BARGAIN BONANZA!!!

UUCT Fundraiser * September 25, 2010

Please start cleaning out your garage, basement, closets, and bookcases. Break out your UUCT tie-dyes! We are not only going to make money for UUCT, but we can also provide the people of Cherokee County with some great 'new' stuff. As a bonus, we will have the most Feng-Shui-actualized congregation in the world.
WE NEED: Volunteers-- "floor walkers" * cashiers * sorters * DRIVERS (please contact me if you have a truck and can pick up and deliver large items) * food (the Linebargers will be manning the food table, but we would love donations of soup, cookies, brownies, etc.) Items for the sale—electronics, toys , books (we’re famous for our books—let’s keep it up!), clothes (children’s clothing is especially popular), household appliances , bicycles, furniture, any other thing that someone may find fun or useful. Contact Liz at eanderson@cherokee.org or call 506-4159.

Bible Study for Liberals meets every other Thursday at 7pm at Iris Tate's house. Call 456-4222 for more information.

Meditation Group ~ meets every Wednesday at 12:15pm in the Sanctuary

September 12, 2010

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Rich Fisher of KWGS at UUCT

September 16, 2010 "Face-to-Face Forum Series"

The following advertisement will appear in many locations and media outlets, including KWGS, the University of Tulsa’s NPR affiliate station, and, it is hoped by the committee planning the event (and everyone else, we imagine!), that it will urge you, in turn, to share its message with others, to encourage them to come, and to be there yourself!!! Rich is a great speaker, very interesting, and his presentation will be more than worth the time!
Our October speaker will be The Hon. Sam A. Joyner, recently retired U. S. Magistrate Judge, from Oklahoma ’s Northern District, in Tulsa , who will speak on issues involving feminism. More to come on that!

* FULL MOON Drum Circle Saturday, September 25– 8pm, Norris Park gazebo. UUCT sanctuary is “back-up” location. Welcoming ALL UNPLUGGED instruments. Welcoming ALL Dancers (hoop, fire, belly, joyful!) We will also celebrate the Autumnal Equinox - Welcoming pot-luck snack items to share with merry-makers. For more info, go to MySpace “CUUPS of Tahlequah”

Film, Literature & The October Retreat

Book Group Tues., Sept. 21, 7:00pm & Movie Group, Sept. at 6:30pm

"Between the Covers" book night - September 21at 7pm downstairs
Book: "Hard Times," by Charles Dickens
Call Corry at 478-4802

Movie Night - September at Lynn's house
Movie: "Tell No One" from the book by Harvey Coben
Call Cory at 478-4802

Revival/Retreat 2010: Oct. 14-17 Hi all. Come join with the following people who will be at Revival/Retreat 2010: Oct. 14-17, (with Friday and Saturday registration available for those unable to come Thurs through Sunday). Horizon UU Church, Carrollton , TX
We have wonderful presenters of lectures, workshops, and worships that will make Revival a truly transforming experience for you and for all of us. Get all the details and register online while early discount is available (until Sept. 19) at www.uuchristian.org/revival. See this lineup:
Keynote Lecturers: Dr. Brandon Scott and Rev. John Buehrens. Brandon is a leading scholar of the parables of Jesus, a founding fellow of the Jesus Seminar, distinguished professor of New Testament at Phillips Theological Seminary, author of Hear Then The Parable, Reimagining The World, Biblical Stories and Hollywood Dreams, Jesus The Symbol Maker, Sound Mapping the New Testament, and others, with a major work on Reimagining the Resurrection due out this October. He is a commentator on the historical Jesus on the DVD curriculums by www.livingthequestions.com.

Committee needs volunteers

Get involved with service

**Committee On Ministry - The Committee On Ministry is a liaison between the congregation and the minister. Right now, the committee members are Tom Newton, Brun Imberg, and myself, Jacque Linebarger. We will be meeting with Doug every four to six weeks to provide feedback from the congregation about his ministry with UUCT, including suggestions for sermon topics, communication with members, outreach, programs at UUCT, and just generally how things are going. If you have any suggestions or comments that you would like the committee to bring up to Doug at our meetings, please feel free to contact any of the committee
members or Doug. We are currently looking for one or two additional members. If you are interested in joining the committee, please give me a call at 458-5887 or email me at linebarg@ipa.net.

Plans for an elementary level R. E. program are coming together. I need some help, however. Is there anyone who is interested in working with children in grades l through 6? I need a co-worker to share this responsibility. Please contact me, Marnie Cope, at 458-0225 or at marniecope@yahoo.com. Also we need to cozy up the R. E. room and make it inviting for kids. We could use donations of a rug and some floor pillows or bean bag chairs. If you have anything that would help me to put this room together, I appreciate it very much. Thank you!

Help-In-Crisis ~ Angela Sinclair
Humane Society of Tahlequah ~ Gloria Brewster
C.A.R.E. Food Pantry ~ Rose Reasoner
Kelly Anquoe - web page, grounds, adult forum, art garden (open)
Traci Clark - newsletter
Linebarger family - services, child care
Farren Mayfield - music
Please call us at 456-7900 to vounteer and make a difference in our own back yard.

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